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* [http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/international/facilitating-trade/free-trade/index_en.htm Free Trade Agreements], International affairs, European Commission |
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20101001140720/http://ec.europa.eu:80/enterprise/policies/international/facilitating-trade/free-trade/index_en.htm Free Trade Agreements], International affairs, European Commission |
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* [http://agritrade.cta.int/Agriculture/Topics/EU-FTAs Articles on EU FTAs, at ''Agritrade''] |
* [http://agritrade.cta.int/Agriculture/Topics/EU-FTAs Articles on EU FTAs, at ''Agritrade''] |
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* [http://bfogp.org/publications/the-transatlantic-colossus/ The Transatlantic Colossus: Global Contributions to Broaden the Debate on the EU-US Free Trade Agreement] ''A collaborative publication with over 20 articles on the global implications of the TAFTA | TTIP'' |
* [http://bfogp.org/publications/the-transatlantic-colossus/ The Transatlantic Colossus: Global Contributions to Broaden the Debate on the EU-US Free Trade Agreement] ''A collaborative publication with over 20 articles on the global implications of the TAFTA | TTIP'' |
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European Union
Agreement in force
Agreement provisionally applied
Agreement signed, but not applied
Agreement initialled, not signed
The European Union has concluded free trade agreements (FTAs)[1] and other agreements with a trade component with many countries world-wide and is negotiating with many others.[2]
Free trade agreements in force
State | Signed | Provisional Application |
In Force | Notes | Relations |
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2003 | 2004[3] | Customs union | ||
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2006 | 2006[a] | 2009[4] | SAA | Candidate for EU accession |
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2002 | 2005[5] | Euro-mediterranean AA | ||
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1990 | 1991[6] | Customs union | Andorra–EU relations | |
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2008 | 2008[a] | 2015[7] | SAA | Potential candidate for EU accession |
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2002 | 2003 | 2005[8] | AA[9] | |
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2001 | 2004[10] | Euro-mediterranean AA | ||
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1996 | 1997[11] | Autonomous entity of Denmark | Faroe Islands-EU relations | |
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2014 | 2014 | 2016[12] | AA incl DCFTA | Georgia–EU relations |
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1972 | 1973[13] | |||
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1992 | 1994[14] | EEA | Negotiating for EU accession | |
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1972 | 1973[13] | Customs union | ||
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1995 | 1996[a][15] | 2000[16] | Euro-Mediterranean AA | Israel–EU relations |
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1972 | 1973[13] | Customs union | ||
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1997 | 2002[17] | Euro-Mediterranean AA | Jordan–EU relations | |
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2015 | 2016[18] | SAA | Kosovo–EU relations | |
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2002 | 2006[19] | Euro-Mediterranean AA | Lebanon–EU relations | |
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1992 | 1995[14] | EEA | Liechtenstein–EU relations | |
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2001 | 2001[a] | 2004[20] | SAA | Candidate for EU accession |
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1997 | 2000[21] | FTA[22][23] | Mexico–EU relations | |
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2014 | 2014 | 2016[24] | AA incl DCFTA | Moldova–EU relations |
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1958 | Franco-Monegasque Treaty (customs union) | |||
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2007 | 2008[a] | 2010[25] | SAA | Negotiating for EU accession |
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1996 | 2000[26] | Euro-Mediterranean AA | Morocco–EU relations | |
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1992 | 1994[14] | EEA | Norway–EU relations | |
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2001 | 2001[27][28] | Association of the OCTs with the EU | ||
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1997 | 1997[29] | Euro-Mediterranean AA | Palestine–EU relations | |
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1991 | 1992[b] | 2002[30] | Customs union | San Marino–EU relations |
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2008 | 2010[a] | 2013[31] | SAA | Negotiating for EU accession |
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1999 | 2000[32] | 2004[33] | ATDC[c] | South Africa–EU relations |
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2010 | 2011 | 2015[34] | FTA[35] | South Korea–EU relations |
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1972 1999 |
1973[36] 2002[37] |
Trade agreement Bilateral I agreements |
Switzerland–EU relations | |
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1995 | 1998[38] | Euro-Mediterranean AA | ||
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1995[d] | 1995[39] | Customs union | Negotiating for EU accession |
Agreements provisionally applied
State | Signed | Provisional Application |
Ratification | Notes | Relations |
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CARIFORUM States | 2008 | 2008 | 28 / 43 [40]
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EPA | |
Eastern and Southern Africa States![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2009 | 2012 | 2 / 34 [41]
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Interim Agreement for establishing a framework for an EPA | |
Central America![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2012 | 2013 | 22 / 34 [42]
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AA | |
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2012[43] | 2013 | 26 / 30 [44]
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FTA[45] | |
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2009 | 2014 | 14 / 29 [46]
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Interim agreement with a view to an EPA | |
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2014 | 2016 | 28 / 31 [47][48]
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AA incl DCFTA | Ukraine–EU relations |
Agreements signed but not (provisionally) applied
State | Negotiations Concluded | Signed | Provisional Application |
Ratification | Notes |
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2009 | 2009 | no | 16 / 29 [49]
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Stepping Stone EPA |
South African Development Community members![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
15 July 2014 | 10 June 2016 | no | 0 / 34 [50]
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Economic Partnership Agreement |
Agreements finalised (negotiations concluded, but not signed)
State | Negotiations Concluded | Signed | Provisional Application |
Ratification | Notes |
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West Africa![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6 February 2014 | No | Economic Partnership Agreement[51][52] | ||
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July 2014 | No | Free Trade Agreement[53] | ||
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August 2014 | No | Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement[54] | ||
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17 October 2014 | No | Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement,[55] subject to CJEU Opinion 2/15 (do member states also have to sign?) | ||
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2 December 2015 | No | Free Trade Agreement[56] | ||
Eastern African Community members![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
16 October 2014 | No | Economic Partnership Agreement[57] |
Negotiating
- Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) since 1990, negotiations are suspended since 2008
- Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela) since 2000, relaunched in May 2010
- India Negotiations initiated in 2007 on EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement are stalled as of March 2015.[58][59][60]
- ASEAN countries:
- Indonesia negotiations to start
- Malaysia since October 2010
- Thailand since March 2013
- Philippines since December 2015
- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area negotiations:
- Japan (Japan–EU relations) since March 2013
- The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a trade agreement being negotiated since March 2013 by 23 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including the EU.[61]
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (United States–EU relations) since July 2013
- New Zealand since 2015[62]
See also
- Free trade area
- List of free trade agreements
- List of bilateral free trade agreements
- EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements
- European Union Association Agreement
- EUR.1 movement certificate
- United States free trade agreements
- Euro-Mediterranean free trade area
- Free trade areas in Europe
- List of the largest trading partners of the European Union
Notes
References
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- ^ "Agreements". European Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Protocol No 3 on the sovereign base areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Cyprus
- ^ "Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Community and its Members States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Chile - Trade - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Communities and its Member States and the Arab Republic of Egypt". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Documents concerning the accession to the European Communities of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Protocol No 3 on the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
- ^ a b c "Agreement on the European Economic Area". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the State of Israel, on the other part". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Information relating to the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo (*), of the other part". Europa.eu. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Members States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Mexico - Trade - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Moldova, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement details". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union". EUR-Lex. 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community". EUR-Lex. 27 November 2001.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and South Africa, which provides for the provisional application of a portion of the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, on the other part". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, on the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "EUR-Lex - L:2011:127:TOC - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Trade agreement details". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the Free Movement of Persons". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union
- ^ "Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ [1] EU signs FTA
- ^ "Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ [2] EU FTA agreements with Colombia and Central America became effective August first
- ^ "Agreement details". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part". Agreements Database, Council of the European Union. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/agreements-conventions/agreement/?aid=2014045
- ^ "Agreement details". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Agreement details". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2009/september/tradoc_144912.pdf
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/regions/west-africa/
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/regions/andean-community/
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/singapore/
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/vietnam/
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/regions/eac/
- ^ European Union Seeks Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Intervention to Resume Trade Talks
- ^ EU keen to restart FTA negotiations with India
- ^ EU Keen to Resume Negotiations on Stalled BTIA With India
- ^ http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa/
- ^ New Zealand, EC Trade. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
External links
- Free Trade Agreements, International affairs, European Commission
- Articles on EU FTAs, at Agritrade
- The Transatlantic Colossus: Global Contributions to Broaden the Debate on the EU-US Free Trade Agreement A collaborative publication with over 20 articles on the global implications of the TAFTA | TTIP
- Koeth, Wolfgang (8 December 2014) “The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements: an Appropriate Response by the EU to the Challenges in its Neighbourhood”?